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Jon Rahm ‘finding his form’ going into The Open Championship | Live From The Open | Golf Channel
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IN THE MAJORS AND ON LIV, HOW CLOSE DO YOU FEEL TO YOUR BEST GAME GOING INTO THIS WEEK? >> IN A WEIRD WAY I ALWAYS FEEL CLOSE. I AM ALWAYS CONFIDENT I AM THERE. LAST WEEK ESPECIALLY SUNDAY WAS VERY NICE. IT WAS A VERY GOOD ROUND OF GOLF, BY FAR PLAYING BOGEY FREE REALLY BESIDES THE LAST HOLE NEVER BEING IN DANGER OF A BIG MISTAKE. SO, FEELING GOOD AND CONFIDENT. HOPEFULLY I CAN GIVE IT A RUN AGAIN THIS WEEK. >> 37 YEARS SINCE A SPANISH PLAYER HAS WON THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP. WE ALL KNOW HOW CREATIVE THE SPANIARDS CAN BE AROUND THE GREENS WITH SHOTMAKING. WHY DO YOU THINK WE HAVE NOT HAD A SPANISH CHAMPION IN 37 YEARS AND SECONDLY, WAS IT A VERY GOOD PREP FOR THIS? >> I CANNOT ANSWER WHY, OBVIOUSLY THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW. THEY HAVE HAD THEIR CHANCES, NEVER EASY TO WIN A MAJOR OR TO WIN THE OPEN. I CAN’T REALLY GIVE YOU AN ANSWER WHY. THE WAY HE PLAYED, IT IS A BIT OF A DIFFERENT WAY TO PLAY LINKS COURSES. I THINK IS ONE REASON WHY HE WAS SO BELOVED IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND BECAUSE I DON’T THINK ANYBODY CONCEIVED YOU WOULD PLAY THAT WAY, DRIVER EVERYWHERE AND FIND A WAY TO PUT IT ON THE GREEN. NOT NORMAL WHICH IS A TESTAMENT TO HOW GOOD OF A GOLFER HE WAS. IF ANYTHING AFTER THAT, I MEAN, MIGHT HAVE BEEN GOOD SHORT GAME AMONGST SPANISH PLAYERS, BUT I THINK SERGIO AND I, BESIDES THE DRIVER EVERYTHING ELSE WAS OUTSTANDING. ONE OF THE BEST IRON PLAYERS EVER, INCREDIBLE STROKE, NEVER EASY TO WIN AN OPEN. AND WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF WIND , THAT’S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A HOPEFUL WEEK TO GET READY. THE OTHER THING THAT ALL THE ROMA DOES, IT IS CHALLENGING. EVERY GOLF SHOT THERE IS VERY LITTLE MARGIN OF ERROR SO IT DOES PREP YOU MENTALLY, TO GET READY FOR A CHALLENGE THAT A MAJOR CAN BE. NOT TO THE FULLEST BUT IT IS CHALLENGING ENOUGH TO WHERE YOU THINK ABOUT IT QUITE A BIT AND WITH THE WIND THERE’S THE DIFFERENCES. THOSE TWO ASPECTS, IT HELPS. >> GOOD MORNING, NICE TO HEAR THAT YOU ARE ENJOYING YOUR MEMBERSHIP. FROM PORTRUSH YOU HAVE PLAYED A FEW TIMES NOW, HAVE YOU GOT A FAVORITE HOLE? >> IT’S NOT THERE ANYMORE. 17. I THINK MY CADDIE IS SICK OF ME TELLING THEM HOW THE OLD 17 YEARS TO BE. THIS IS WHERE THE TEE BOX USED TO BE AND WITH THE WIND YOU HAD TO HIT IT. THAT WAS DEFINITELY MY FAVORITE WHEN I PLAYED THE AMATEUR HERE. IF I HAVE TO CHOOSE AN ACTUAL HOLE, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE, THE FOURTH OR THE FIFTH. I THINK THE FIFTH IS QUITE AN UNUSUAL HOLE IN LINKS GOLF, BIG ELEVATION CHANGE DRIVABLE PAR FOUR. I AM NOT USED TO STANDING ON THE TEE ANYWHERE IN THIS COURSE AND GETTING A VIEW OF THE COURSE, LOOKING INTO THE OCEAN IT IS QUITE A GOOD HOLE. THE FOURTH, THE DIFFICULTY AND INTRICACY AS WELL. I HAVE ALWAYS ENJOYED IT. PROBABLY THE FIFTH OR THE FOURTH. >> I KNOW SCHEDULING IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL THE TOP PLAYERS AND EVERY TIME YOU TEE UP IT BECOMES A VERY IMPORTANT TOURNAMENT BUT HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO WAIT EIGHT MONTHS AFTER THE OPEN? NOW EIGHT MONTHS FOR THE NEXT MAJOR? THE MAJOR IS THE PINNACLE SO HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO WAIT FOR EIGHT MONTHS? >> WE STILL HAVE THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN BETWEEN. SO IT WOULD BE A LOT MORE DIFFICULT IF THE SECOND THE OPEN WAS OVER I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE MASTERS. RIGHT? LUCKILY WE HAVE SOME BIG EVENTS THAT ALSO MATTER IN BETWEEN. I WOULD NOT SAY IT’S DIFFICULT. WE ARE SO USED TO IT AT THIS POINT IT’S WHAT IT IS I DON’T FIND IT DIFFICULT NOW. >> YOU MENTIONED YOU HAVE HAD SOME SUCCESS PLAYING IN IRELAND THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER. I’M WONDERING WHAT’S DISTINCT ABOUT IRISH GOLF RELATIVE TO ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD? >> WELL I MEAN LINKS GOLF IN GENERAL IS HARD TO REPLICATE UNLESS YOU ARE IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD. IF YOU ARE ASKING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IRISH AND SCOTTISH GOLF I DON’T KNOW. FROM WHAT I PLAYED IN IRELAND, I THINK MAYBE, I REALLY DON’T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN IT BEST, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE USE THE CONTOURS IN A DIFFERENT WAY AND THE COURSES SEEM TO BE IN A WAY WITH A FEW MORE TUNES. SO IF YOU TAKE THESE, ALL THE COURSES, IT IS FRAMED AROUND USING THE ELEVATION A LITTLE BIT BETTER. NOT BETTER, GIVING THE COURSE YOU PLAY UP AND DOWN A LITTLE MORE, WHEN YOU PLAY TROON, FLAT AS CAN BE AND BROOKDALE. I’M NOT USED TO SEEING THOSE CHANGES. IF YOU PLAY YOU HAVE THOSE UP AND DOWNS, GOING TO PLATEAUS WITH DUNES IN THE WAY BUT YOU CANNOT SEE THE GREEN. SO, IT IS DIFFERENT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME ALMOST THE SAME, A DIFFERENT WAY OF USING THE CONTOURS OF THE COURSES. THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE OR THE WAY IT COMES OVER BUT THAT’S THE MAIN DIFFERENCE. >> JON RAHM FINDING HIS FORM AFTER A BIT OF A LOW LEAVING THE PGA TOUR FOR LIV IN DECEMBER 2023. TIED FOR 14th AT THE MASTERS, TIED FOR EIGHTH AT THE PGA, TIED FOR SEVENTH AT THE U.S. OPEN. THE HEIGHT OF HIS POWER THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD. I THINK IN SOME WAYS HE PUT HIS LEGACY IN JEOPARDY BY LEAVING THE PGA TOUR BECAUSE IT WAS UNKNOWN AND WILL BE UNKNOWN HOW LIV WINS ARE COUNTED AS OPPOSED TO THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP WHERE PGA TOUR BUT IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS STARTING TO PUT THAT BEHIND HIM AND FINDING HIS FORM. >> HE HAS ACCEPTANCE WITH HIS CHOICES. A CERTAIN LEVEL HE HAD TO COME TO AND HE TOOK SOME CRITICISM. I WAS ONE, FOR HIM LEAVING AND GOING BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE DID IT. I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH IT. HE SAID HE WASN’T GOING, THAT’S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY. THINGS HAPPEN, YOU PUT ENOUGH MONEY ON THE TABLE AND THEY WILL TAKE IT I CAN’T BLAME HIM FOR THAT. AT THE SAME TIME I THINK THE DECISION AND EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT CREATED A SWIRL IN HIM THAT OBVIOUSLY HIS GAME WENT DOWN SOUTH A LITTLE BIT AND HE DID NOT PERFORM THE WAY WE THINK HE CAN OR SHOULD PERFORM. I STILL BELIEVE HE WILL WIN THE CAREER GRAND SLAM. HE HAS GOT THAT KIND OF GAME AND HE IS PERFECTLY SUITED FOR THIS GOLF COURSE AND THIS TYPE OF GOLF IN MY OPINION, BUT ONE OF THE REASONS HE HAD THIS TURNAROUND, IT’S BECAUSE OF ACCEPTANCE OF WHERE HE IS NOW AND HE IS STARTING TO HAVE MORE FUN IT SEEMS ON THE GOLF COURSE, STARTING TO ENJOY PLAYING. AND A GUY IN HIS POSITION WAS WON TWO MAJORS IN THE FASHION HE HAS WON THEM BOTH IN. YOU WOULD THINK AFTER THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP HE WOULD HAVE BEEN MAD I’M SURE HE WAS A LITTLE UPSET, BUT THE WAY HE TALKED ABOUT IT I HAVE NEVER HEARD A PLAYER IN HIS POSITION TALK ABOUT IT. THAT GIVES ME A GOOD VIBE FOR HIM THIS WEEK AND HE IS AT THE TOP OF MY LIST BECAUSE OF THE PGA, LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAD TO SAY AFTER WHAT HE HAD WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER A DEVASTATING LOSS. >> IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE I HAD THAT MUCH FUN ON A GOLF COURSE 15 HOLES. EVEN THE FIRST SEVEN OF THE DAY I WAS SWINGING WELL THINGS WERE NOT HAPPENING, BUT I CAN MYSELF IN AND PLAYED REALLY GOOD GOLF FROM THE EIGHTH TO THE 15th. A LOT OF POSITIVES TO TAKE FROM THIS WEEK. PRETTY FRESH WOUND RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF GOOD HAPPENING THIS WEEK AND A LOT OF POSITIVE FEELINGS TO TAKE FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. >> THAT’S WHAT IT’S ABOUT. THAT IS A FANTASTIC WAY TO LOOK AT IT, CONSIDERING HE PROBABLY FELT HE SHOULD’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’S A QUESTION OF THE REST OF THE GUYS WHO SHOW UP HERE THEY DON’T HAVE TO ANSWER. THE OTHER LIV GUIDES DON’T HAVE TO JUSTIFY THEIR PLAY VERSUS WHERE THEY MAKE THEIR MONEY. BUT JON RAHM SEEMS TRAPPED IN THAT CORNER WHERE HE IS THE GUY PEOPLE POINT TO AND SAY LIV MAJOR WAS. I DO BELIEVE JON RAHM HAS A CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER AND IS GOING OUT OF HIS WAY TO PROVE LIV HAS NOT MADE HIM WORSE. WE HAVE SEEN THE LAST TWO CHANCES IN HIGH-PROFILE EVENTS, THE OLYMPICS AND THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP, HE COLLAPSED OVER THE BACK NINE. THAT’S NOT SOMETHING THE JON RAHM OF OLD , THAT WOULD FIRE UP TROON’S JON RAHM I WOULD BE SHOCKED IF HE IS NOT READY. >> I WOULD TOO. IT HAS TO BE TOUGHER PLAYER WHO WOULD WIN THE MEMORIAL AND EMBRACED JACK AND TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY AND TALK ABOUT ARNOLD PALMER, WINNING TORREY PINES TALK ABOUT TIGER. WE KNOW TOM WATSON HAD 39 WINS AND EIGHT MAJORS, JACK HAD 73 WINS AND TIGER 82 PGA TOUR WINS. WE JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT LIV WILL MEAN, HOW IT’S GOING TO MEASURE UP TO PGA TOUR WINS AND KORN FERRY TOUR AND DP WORLD TOUR. A PLAYER STEEPED IN HISTORY OF THE GAME, TO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE BIGGEST EVENTS IN THE GAME OUTSIDE OF THE MAJORS IT HAS TO HURT HIM SOMEWHERE AND MAYBE HE’S COMING OUT OF IT AND I THINK HE IS AND HIS RESULTS ARE SHOWING HE IS COMING OUT OF IT. FOR IT WHILE YOU CAN COME TO THE PROFESSIONAL GAME TALKING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU’RE NOT AT TPC SAWGRASS ANYMORE, YOU’RE NOT AT MEMORIAL, YOU’RE NOT AT TORREY PINES, YOU ARE NOT AT THESE IMPORTANT PGA TOUR EVENTS . I KNOW THE 18 MAJORS AND 15 ARE NOT HIGH MARKS, BUT 73 AND 82, 29, THOSE NUMBERS MATTER, TOO. >> NOT EVEN JUST THE COURSE, JON RAHM FINISHED TOP 10 IN HIS FIRST 20 LIV EVENTS. IT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT THE QUALITY.